Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-12
WACO.
The Waterworks Questionable Great Libel
Suit-Banll Sold.

The WaterwOrks QuestiOu-The Great Libel
SuIt-BanIl Sold.
Special to the Gazette.
WACO, Ten, March u.-Nearly four
months ago the City Council, desiring to
obtain q new and adequate system of
waterworks for Waco, passed q resolution
authorizing the Mayor to advertise for
four months for bids for the construction
of said works The Waco Water Com
pany, whose contract for supply ing the
city for fire purposes has yet
nearly two years to run, consent
ed to the abrosation of the
same, with the understanding that ii
would come IN on sn equal footing with
other bidders for the new works and con
Jinue to supply water st existing rates
until he new works would be construct
ed. The Mayor then prepared and pub
lIshed his advertisement, Is authorized
and directe&. Ga the 9gn Of February
the Council held = special session aud by 8
vote Of six to fOUr resolved to continue the
limit for bids only thirty days longer,
holding that the eXigencies OF the pu0lo
service required immediate or early &C
ton. The thirty days expires tomorrow,
&ad it is generally understood the Mayor
and Council will then open and consider
such bids Us may ne in hand. i is sup
posed the Waco Water Company aud sew
era outside firms. most Of the
latter from New York, will be bid
der5. PUB iC feeling is more or less
excited over the matter, and the feeling IS
intensified to day by the unexpected &C
. nF II DpD .}or Of 4
Company fling Q protest with the City
Secretary TO the c. uncil against the re-
zeal of the resolutions authorizing and
directing an advertisement TO be
published for four months, inviting
bids to furnish water supply
for the city, and limiting bids to thirty
days from the date of said repeal, instead
If four months, as previously advertised.
He states that "Jhe action OF the Council
in making such a change was Contrary
to law and hurtful to the interests of all
who might propose TO bid, as well as to
the public interests. He protests against
the city authorities letting any Contract
under this alleged illegal advertise
ment, because as he states, sufi Gent
ime has not been given parties who
may desire 10 bid to properly investigate
all matters connected with that service.
Also for the further reason that the con-
teStants consented to an abrOgation of
the contract for supplying the city of
Waco with water upon the distinct basis,
which he states was duly accepted by the
city authorities. that bidders should have
four months in which to propose and
submit their bids, and the alleged un-
aata0liz d and illegal eC,ion OF
the Council is violation OF
said contract with the protestant"
Comment, as q general thing, is IN
favorable to this action on the part OF the
Waco Water Company. It is urged that
had it been the company's purpose to
protest, the proper time for ing SO was
on February 9, when the Council repealed
the four months clause, and not now,
on the eve OF opening the bids.
Ia the District court this afternoon,
while calling he civil docket to set Jury
cases, the celebrated libel suit OF Barlow
vs.. A, II BelO & Co, publishers, was
allied. Leave was granted to amend
citation, q motion being made by attor-
news for defendants to quash on grounds
of an error in date of fling same. The
jury fees were paid and the case will be
set tomorrow. Herring & Kelley
as counsel for plaintiff and
Alexar der & Winter appeared for de-
f ndants. Plaintif sues for $4,000
damages, on grounds of on artic pub
li~hed simultaneously in the Dallas and
Galveston News on November 2, 1886
In the cs,e of J. L Barlow vs.. Percy
Burleson ct al. suit for S25 600 damages
for libelous publication in the Waco
Alliance, Attorneys Harrison &
MunrOe gave notice of filing an answer.
The State Central Bauk of this city sold
its charter, stock, business, ETC., to- day to
S. W Sl4yden and LancelOt Watson of
Waco and B Simpson of Dallas. S.
W. Slsydrn will be the new President and
Lsncelot Watson cashier.